The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22862 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22862 clues and answers were published on Fri 20 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22862 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossHumourless dandy in recession unable to retrieve service : POFACED
5-acrossSerious money : CAPITAL
9-acrossGroup of ten, one taken away : NONET
10-acrossJohn senses abnormal laxity : LOOSENESS
11-acrossHis cherubs depicted cheekily, upsetting his moony cherubs : HIERONYMUS
12-acrossHack gets the sack : CHOP
14-acrossMassive stirrers stick with sociable people : CEMENTMIXERS
18-acrossAlways after a winter warmer, Grant lodged a complaint : SCARLETFEVER
21-acrossSupporter of a fish : AIDE
22-acrossReligious figure often hailed to safeguard one’s religious nation – such as I? : MISSIONARY
25-acrossOne in pursuit of Croesus’s cash remains missing, mysteriously : SUCCESSOR
26-acrossSee 11 : BOSCH
27-acrossWriter turns from the listener in favour of family : NEPOTIC
28-acrossKnow moves with arm and hand : WORKMAN

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Aggressive, feeble companion arrested : PUNCHY
2-down – Infer object is a fireside frame : FENDER
3-down – Black singer maintaining tenor arrangement is repellent : CITRONELLA
4-down – Reportedly the first W in genetic engineering? : DOLLY
5-down – One’s fried in oil when flirt embraces king : CCOQUETTE
6-down – Look for little sound : PEEP
7-down – See 4 : THESHEEP
8-down – Late dispatch sounded at late dispatch? : LASTPOST
13-down – Doctor admits this setter’s pudding, but I’ll go down fighting! : DIVEBOMBER
15-down – Having dismissed Australian opener, incredibly certain six is not involved : EXTRINSIC
16-down – When our secret troops are bad, one kills : ASSASSIN
17-down – Help one to get better, given disadvantage : HANDICAP
19-down – Overtake on motorway, reversing here and there : PASSIM
20-down – Dash into dress-rehearsal, say : HYPHEN
23-down – Stitch up with thread? : SCREW
24-down – Source of sugar cane, reportedly : BEET

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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